Brooklyn Dodgers

News about Brooklyn Dodgers, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Feb. 15, 2015

The Upshot; Michael Beschloss History Source column examines significant episode in history of American civil rights movement, the desegregation of lodging for major league teams during spring training season in Florida; change began in 1948 when Brooklyn Dodgers, with Jackie Robinson newly on board, opted to avoid Florida's segregation laws by taking over decommissioned naval base and housing entire team together. MORE

Mar. 9, 2014

Wendell Smith, reporter for prominent black newspaper The Pittsburgh Courier in the 1940s, advised and pressed Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey in numerous letters about the signing of Jackie Robinson; Smith, who also played amateur baseball, was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993. MORE

Apr. 12, 2013

Dave Anderson Sports of The Times column says movie 42 captures the intensity late Brooklyn Dodgers second baseman Jackie Robinson brought to baseball but not his uncanny knack for spotting talent. MORE

Apr. 7, 2013

Box Seats article by Bob McGee remembers Charles H Ebbets, late owner of Brooklyn Dodgers who used his political connections and all of his money to build the field that would bear his name. MORE

Apr. 4, 2013

Profile of Mike Sandlock, oldest living former member of the Brooklyn Dodgers; Sandlock left the game with memories of some of baseball's greats. MORE

Apr. 4, 2013

Dave Anderson Sports Of The Times column recalls history of Ebbets Field in light of former ballpark's 100th birthday; notes that park was home to the Brooklyn Dodgers for 44 years. MORE

Apr. 15, 2012

Box Seats article by Prof Chris Lamb conveys that decades before Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson, Rickey was moved as a coach at Ohio Wesleyan University by an incident involving catcher Charles Thomas, the team's only black player. MORE

Apr. 29, 2011

George Vecsey Sports of The Times column suggests that the turmoil surrounding the Los Angeles Dodgers--with owner Frank McCourt mired in an ugly divorce battle and the league seizing control of the team--is cosmic payback to Brooklyn Dodgers fans who cursed the O'Malley family five decades ago for uprooting the team and whisking it to the West. MORE

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Pafko, whose career spanned 17 seasons, was playing left field for Brooklyn in the Polo Grounds in 1951 when Bobby Thomson’s ninth-inning home run lifted the New York Giants to the National League pennant.

August 16, 2013, Friday

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Hero is a word we hear often in sports, but heroism is not always about achievements on the field of play.“42” tells the story of two men—the great Jackie Robinson and legendary Brooklyn Dodgers GM Branch Rickey—whose brave stand against prejudice